Blakely, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Lane census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29590. The Survey maps it on the Blakely quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1943 USGS Bonneau quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Blakely quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
949 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 949 fires within 5 miles of Blakely between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,656 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 341 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 341 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 323 |
| Debris and open burning | 239 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blakely in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blakely | $3,000 | Trees reported down on Blakely Road. |
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Blakely | $2,000 | Portions of Blakely Road were flooded near the intersection with Seabrook Road. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blakely | $1,000 | A tree was blown down at the intersection of US-521 and Seabrook Rd north of the Trio Community. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taft | 1.4 miles | 8 | |
| Trio | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| Carris | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Tisdale | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Martin Corner | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Earle | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Lane | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Bryans Crossroads | 6.9 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231061. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





